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Erik Thomas


Last Updated: 11/24/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 34
Sign: Virgo

City: WATERVILLE
State: Maine
Country: US
Signup Date: 9/26/2008
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 

Current mood:  hot
Category: Music
Hot Day at the Zoo will be at the Unity Centre for the Performing Arts on Friday, December 11th. Tickets are available @ www.unityme.org/theater. This show is free for Unity College students.

Hot Day at the Zoo, a fiercely progressive 4-piece string band grown in Lowell, MA, is quickly spreading their eclectic roots up and down the eastern seaboard and as far west as Colorado. Celebrating their 5th year together as a band in January '08, David Cleaves (mandolin, vocals), Jon Cumming (banjo, dobro, vocals,), Michael Dion (guitar, harmonica, vocals,) and Jed Rosen (upright bass, vocals) HDATZ released this eagerly anticipated sophomore EP, ..'Long Way Home..' in the summer of 2008. Fans describe their pioneering sound as ZooGrass. Fact, fiction or fable, their tunes are layered with intricacies and depth reminiscent of Robert Hunter and the Grateful Dead. Their bluesy, grassy, jazzy, old-timey, reggae, Americana infused rock and roll was inspired by many great musicians spanning a broad spectrum of time and genre. With influences ranging from the Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, John Prine, Bob Marley, Sam Bush, Bruce Cockburn, Charles Mingus, Elvis, and bands like the Beatles, Steely Dan, Nirvana and Pink Floyd, it is easy to see and hear what makes them attract a very diverse fan base. Sights and sounds from the everyday to the exotic are infused in their craft. Tight musicianship, skillful songwriting and amazing personalities introduce us to places they have traveled, people they have loved, those they have lost, and those they surround themselves with. Hot Day at the Zoo is skillful at drawing in a draw a crowd, amusing the audience and leaving roots music fans begging for more.
Currently listening:
Long Way Home
By Hot Day at the Zoo
Release date: 2008-11-04
6:27 PM
 
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